Yo! Yes? Lesson: Communicating Ideas
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Objective: students identify and communicate author’s message.
Looking at the book Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka, students gather context clues about the story of two strangers who meet from different backgrounds. Students draw inferences from the illustrations and the text to determine what the author is trying to say at any given time in the story (part of the second grade objectives). Then, students mirror the characters on the page and speak the lines of dialogue as the story unfolds. You can observe their discovery using the Spotlight Technique and other viewing strategies. Students will uncover how the author provides clues and gain insight into how actors communicate these ideas. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Second Grade Curriculum.
Second Grade Drama Journal: Yo! Yes?
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For each lesson in the curriculum, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses. If you use the journal for assessment and would like more assessment tools, visit our Second Grade Curriculum.